Astek Globe is Your Reliable Solutions on Power Supplies.

 

Astek Globe is Your Reliable Solutions on Power Supplies.

Astek Globe focuses on providing complete product lines and kind service for power supplies. Our products are with the newest safety/ environment/energy efficiencies certifications and the instant technologies to design and produce the power supplies, including wall mount/interchangeable plugs/desktop adapters, open frames, battery charger, USB/USB C chargers, car chargers, medical adapters and medical open frames.

When inquiries, we listen to and understand customers’ demand, evaluate the best solution and close to the steps of projects to approach win-win. Especially, the product lines are complete and various to make one-stop buy.

Globalization is the critical issue, too. Our customers come from all over around the world. We highlight the using conditions of multiple countries for switching power supplies and make them work safe and efficient under hot, humid, cold, dry, ESD (electro static discharger, or unstable input voltage circumstances). In addition, every country has sole input voltages and power plugs of AC/DC adapters. For instance, from Astek Globe product lists, there are US/Japan/Taiwan, Australia/New Zealand, Europe, UK,  2 and 3 pins plugs, and Korea/Chinese/South Africa plugs and so on. Also, C6/C14/C8/C18 AC inlets on desktop types. Universal input voltage are from 90~264VAC. It has been updating with the renewal standard of safety approvals, green power and power saving, such as IEC62368-1, EN62368-1, UL62368-1, CoC, ErP etc.. 

Green powers and compact designs are the global trend and also our directions of power supply designs. Switching power supplies are core part of devices and equipment, like heart, providing power sources. So, choosing the right partner "Astek Globe" to speed up your project right now. Just inquire to info@astekglobe.com right now. 

New Safety Standard IEC/EN/UL62368-1 3.0 on Switching Mode Power Supplies

Switching Mode  Power Supplies

New Safety Standard IEC/EN/UL62368-1 3.0 on Switching Mode  Power Supplies

  Concerning switching power supplies, the date of withdrawal (DoW) for the outgoing standards IEC 60950-1 and IEC 60065 is December 20, 2020. IEC62368-1 is not regarded as an “merge” IEC60950 and IEC60065 because a new “hazard-based” standard would cover both electronic equipment and IT/Communications technology.

  IEC62368-1:2018 3rd edition will replace IEC62368-1:2014 from Dec. 20 of 2020, which was published in Oct. of 2018. IEC 62368-1:2018 is applicable to the safety of electrical and electronic equipment within the field of audio, video, information and communication technology, and business and office machines with a rated voltage not exceeding 600 V (includes equipment rated 400/690V).

  From now on, manufacturers of power supplies shall consider to comply with IEC62368-1:2018 3^rd edition when procuring components and subsystems. IEC62368-1 is basically a product safety standard that classifies energy sources, prescribes safeguards against those energy sources, and provides guidance on the application of, and requirements for, those safeguards intended to reduce the possibilities of pain, injury and if fire, property damage.

  Not only Euro and CB (Certification Body) members, in North America (USA and Canada), estimated and adopting of UL/CSA62368-1 Ed. 3.0 on Dec. 20, 2020. The other countries follow IEC/EN62368-1 respectively.

  Astek Global develops and leads our switching power supplies into IEC62368-1 Ed.3.0. If you are interested in, please advise us info@astekglobe.com. Thank you.

Astek Power adaptors are with GEMS VI.

Power adaptors

Astek Power adaptors are with GEMS VI.

GEMS (Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Bill 2012)

Astek battery chargers and adapter are the compliance of GEMS VI.

GEMS is Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards in Australia and New Zealand. In order to increase the efficiency of Electronic Equipment and saving power consumption, official authorizations released GEMS and replace MEPS from Oct. 1 on 2012, which divided into 3 levels. Adapters and chargers are level 3 and enforced to apply GEMS.

The applicants shall test the adaptors and chargers and keeping the records. When all passed, they are registered on the Australian Regulator website. It charges at USD440.-~USD780.-; depends on which category the plug pack is. Its maximum is 5 years.

Astek Globe prepare the GEMS test reports and helps Australia and New Zealand local customers to apply GEMS. For more inquiries, please don’t hesitate to contact us. 

CoC (Code of Conduct) Version 5 on Switching Power Adapters

CoC (Code of Conduct) Version 5 

CoC (Code of Conduct) Version 5 on Switching Power Adapters

Concerning External Power Supply, European ErP issued the draft of No. 278/2009 and announced “External Power Supplies should meet CoC Version 5 Tier 2 as the above tables from July of 2018”. From these tables, you can see efficiency rates is much higher and No consumption load lower and add “Minimum Efficiency in Active Mode at 10% load of full rated output current” because it’s the trend to better efficiency and consume less power.

In order to meet DOE VI and CoC version 5, Astek designs and layout high level power adapters. Astek Power Supply Unit are the compliance of CoC Tier 2 and DOE VI. If you are interested in, please inquire us asap.

RoHS 3.0 (The Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) on Astek Power Supplies Unit

RoHS 3.0 

RoHS 3.0 (The Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) on Astek Power Supplies Unit

Astek Switching Power Supplies are the compliance of RoHS 3.0.

In the world, many countries have their own RoHS directives. There are small differences among them. Mostly, they follow RoHS in Europe and America. Especially, CE includes RoHS and WEEE to lessen the shock from the wastes of Electrical and Electronic Equipment.

Switching Power Supplies are categorized into RoHS. In 2003, EU released RoHS 2002/95/EC, which is replaced by Directive 2011/68/EU on July 11 of 2011 and renewed the contents from Directive (EU) 2015/863 on June 4 of 2015. In 2018, RoHS 3 is announced and enforced on July 22 of 2019 for IT and consume electronics. Medical grade will be July 22 of 2021.

RoHS 3 expands the prohibited substances from six to ten by increasing new types of phthalates.

RoHS 6 prohibited substances:

Lead (Pb) <1000ppm

Cadmium (Cd)<100ppm

Mercury (Hg)<1000ppm

Hexavalent Chromium (Cr6+) <1000ppm

PBB <1000ppm

PBDE <1000ppm

New 4 phthalates add into RoHS 3:

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP) <1000ppm

Butyl benzyl phthalates (BBP)<1000ppm

Dibutyl phthalates (DBP) <1000ppm

Diisobutyl phthalates (DIBP) <1000ppm

For more information, please inquired us.

Medical EMC: IEC60601-1-2:2014 (ED 4.0)

EMC: IEC60601-1-2:2014 (ED 4.0)

Medical EMC: IEC60601-1-2:2014 (ED 4.0)

In recent years, there is historic change on the safety standard for medical power supplies, EMC: IEC60601-1-2:2014 (ED 4.0).

Astek medical switching power supplies leads into IEC60601-1-2:2014 EMC 4^th version. If you are interested in, please inquire us info@astekglobe.com.

EMC: IEC60601-1-2:2014 (ED 4.0) was published by The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on Feb. 25 of 2014, effected on Apr. 1 of 2017. In 2018, Euro, America and Canada adopted 4^th edition 60601-1 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC). In the other countries, the previous versions of medical safety standards existed, however, they will adopt EMC: IEC60601-1-2 (ED 4.0) gradually.

With time changes, EMC shall consider three categories of environments for medical devices:

*Professional Healthcare - Hospitals, clinics, and the other medical facilities

*Home Healthcare - Homes, Elderly Nursing Home and another public places

*Special Environments - Military installations, industrial zonesUnder these conditions, the operation of medical systems and devices; including mobile devices and another equipment are divided into:

*Intended use is for the intended medical purpose

*Normal use is for purposes, like transportation, maintenance, standby

Except the use under environmental categories, the changes of EMC 4^th edition of IEC60601-1-2:2014 are as below,

1) Immunity test level increases:

*The testing range for radiated immunity harmonized up to 2.7GHz (up from 2.5GHz in 3^rd edition)

*Magnetic immunity at 30A/m

*Conducted immunity at 6V in ISM bands

*ESD at 8kV contact and 15kV air (up from 6kV and 8kV respectively in 3^rd edition)

2) Changes to Immunity testing:

*Immunity test levels are harmonized with IEC 60601-1-11

*Immunity testing now follows the same port-by-port convention of the IEC 61000-6 series of Generic EMC standards

2) Expansion of Risk Management:

*Manufacturers have to submit a test plan and the risk analysis document before testing

*Operating modes are based on risk analysis.

*Reasonably foreseeable electromagnetic disturbances shall be in the risk management process.

*The risk management process determines if subsystem testing is allowed or not.

Astek Desktop Adaptor

Desktop Adaptor

Astek Desktop Adaptor

Desktop power adapter is the main mechanical type on external power supplies. Astek Globe specializes the quality and design. Especially, in the inside, heat convection will highlight the electronic performance, efficiency, life and power/watt. Meanwhile, in the outside, the case meets UL1310 class 2 power unit and V1 min fire free UL grade. Also, components, raw materials, pcb, circuit diagram are considered into the design. We briefly describe the features of Astek desktop adapters chargers as below:

 *Universal Input Voltage Range: 100~240VAC          

*Output power: 5Watt~310Watt

*Output Voltage: 3V~56V                      

*Single/Dual/Triple Output

*Compact Size Design                          

*Active PFC Function
*C6/C8/C14/C18 inlets

*International Safety Approvals: UL, cUL, TUV, CE, FCC, CB, CCC, BSMI, EAC, PSE, VCCI, LVD, LPS and so on. If necessary, power adapters can re-apply multiple countries certification thru CB.

*Efficiency level: meet newest level, such as DOE VI, CoC Tier 2, GEMS VI

*Environmental Regulation: Compliance with ErP, ROHS, REACH, PFOS, SVHC etc.

*Safety grade: Information Technology (IEC60950-1), Medical(IEC60601-1), Home appliance(IEC60335), Audio/Video(IEC60065), IEC62368-1 etc..
*100% burn-in and QA tests before the delivery*one or two years warranty

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